Seat for agricultural machines



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9. BANKS. SEAT FOR AGRICULTURAL MACHINES.

No. 357,059. Patented Feb. 1, 1887.

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- proved construction and combination of parts rendering the sent more comfortable and con- UNETED; STATES enoneu BANKS, oro

PATENT OFFICE,

AKFIVELD, 'MlCHlGAN.

SEAT roe-AGRICULTURAL MACHINES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.x 357,059, dated February 1, 1887-.

Application tiled January 21, 1886.

To all whom, [it may concern: i

Be itknown that I, Gnonon Blinks, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Oakfield, in the eounty of Kent and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats for Agricultural Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which'will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view of my improved seat for agricultural machines. Fig. 21s a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 3 "s a rear view of the seat; and Fig. 4 is a view of the supports for the seat, showing'the Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in-all the figures.

My invention has relation to seats for harvesters, cultivators, plows, and similar agri cultural machines; and it consists in the im of a seat;- for such machines, which is pivoted so as to hang level without regard to the incline ot the machine to one side or the other,

venient for the driver than the usual seat, which follows the movements of the machine, as hereinafter more fully described and clainn-d.

in the accompanyingdrawings, the letter A indicates the seatsupporting spring, which may he of any desired construction and of any desired material.

.ii is the seat, which is of the form usually found in seats ti agricultural. machines, and the forward edge of this seat'is formed with a i 1; lug or trunnion, (7, while the rear 1G upward]yeurved portion ot' the side is lil ise provided with asimilar lug or trunnion, l. 'ihesc t-rnnnions arejournaled and rock in perforations i and F in the upper ends of two upwardly-curved brackets or supp e-ts, and it, and the end of'the rear supis severed to the spring A by means led bolt, I, passing through a perforain the support ii, and through the .L haviug its head at its upper end Serial No. R9268. (No model.)

and a handle or thumb nut, K, upon its lower end, bearing against the under side of the sprin I The rear support is provided with aguidelug, L, to'the. rear of the perforation for the bolt, and the rear portion of the front support has a longitudinal slot, M, and slides upon this lug and upon the bolt, being adjusted in its position upon the forward end of the rear support by means of the bolt, the head of which bears against the upper sides of the edges of the slot.

If desired, the seat may havea weight, N, suspended below the supports and below the spring, having supporting-rods 0 extending to the side edges of the seat; and this weight or implement is driven over the ground, re

lieving the driverin the seat from the uncomfortable jolt-ing oF'the machine or implement in passing over rough ground,and allowing the driver to remain in an upright position in the seat without regard to the level at which the,

machine or implement is. v

'lhe trnnnions and. bearings being at different heights, the rear trunnion and bearing being above the forward trunnion and bearin the seat will have its center of gravity below the axis of the movement of the seat, so that the seat will naturally seek the horizontal po sition, and the weight suspended below the seat will add to thctendency to occupy such a lu'u'izonlal position. This weight, although raiding to the ellieienov of the seat, maybe dispensed with, and the brackets may he made in one pit-(reor be dill'oreutlyconnectedto the spring and to each other without departing from the spirit of my improvement.

.liy having'the brackets or supports secured in the mannershown and described the seat may be renn'i'ved and inserted, and the posit-ion of the suat upon the spring may be changed, the supports turning upon the bolt; and When it desired to remove the seat the and desire to secure by Letters .latentol'tlie United States 1. A seat for agricultural machines having trunnionsuponilsl'ronl and rearwlges, ineombinaiion with front and rear xllppul'ts having bearings at their nppi-r Qllllh' and means for adjusting them in ltitlllOll to each other and to the seat, andlorsuituring them to the machine.

1 l I l l l l l 2. A seat for agricultural nniehinvs having 5 t-runnions at its front and rear edges, in rombination with front and rear support having i bearings at their upper ends and lit-ing- Slnilttl at. their lower ends, and a bolt through said slots for securing them to the machine.

3. A seat; for agricultural machines having trunnions upon its front and rear edges, in combination with areal-support having abearing at its upper end and a slot; and :1 lug atit's lower mid, a front; support having a hearing at its upper end. and a slot in its lower end,

and a bulb for securing said supports t0 the machine.

in testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own 1 have hereunto at'tixed my signature 30 in presence oi two witnesses.

GEORGE BANKS.

illnesses:

S. l Joxics, lCii. ll. JONES. 

